Why Labour supports families of the Birmingham pub bombing victims

If there’s one lesson we should learn from recent history it’s that you don’t right a profound wrong by committing another wrong. The families of the 96 Hillsborough are a living testament to that.
Today, here in the West Midlands, the families of 21 people brutally murdered in a series of bombs across the city of Birmingham want to know the truth to why, 42 years ago, their loved ones died while doing nothing more than enjoying a social night out.
In June this year a senior coroner reviewed new evidence that reportedly suggested the West Midlands Police had “advance notice” of IRA... read more

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